I titled this blog Mobile Kodgers because it began as a report on the first Mobile Codgers Rendezvous---which I organized. I've kept the title and expanded my reports to include everything that I find interesting in my travels. I walk in the footsteps of Thoreau, "advancing confidently in the direction of my dreams", proving with my life that deep freedom is possible and easier than imagined.
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Monday, June 02, 2014

DRIFTING---part 2---WHERE WILL YOU SLEEP?

WITH HALF THE DAY GONE---I suddenly decide its time to move on----I've made my decision--I will go to the Northwest. Within an hour I've bid my new friends goodbye and headed toward Las Vegas.

Here's the new highway about to cross the Colorado river over that spectacular new bridge. No that's not it---it's a bit further on.

It's a big disappointment from the drivers seat. That high wall hides a great view. To be appreciated you have to cross and circle back a ways. I didn't---I've seen it.

Outside Vegas I consider staying the night here in a casino parking lot. I chose to hurry through Vegas.

I select hwy 93 ---the scenic route through Nevada---go out a few miles and settle in here on BLM land. Free camping.

And because I saw this. It means I will have phone and internet service.

There's room for hundreds of us but only one shared the area with me--a half mile away.

Next day I'm on to Ash Springs, Nv where I begin to see murals on the side of buildings like this

And this

and this.

and objects like this. I know I'm nearing the famous extra terrestrial highway leading to AREA 51.

I decide to sleep alongside this highway.

I know from experience that out there in a mile or so is an adequate place to camp for the night.

Sure enough, I spot a corral---make my way to it and settle in. Even here, I have electronic connection. And Satellite TV is tuned in quickly.

RANDY PHILOSOPHIZES: I feel splendidly free drifting across the country like this--not concerned at all about where I will spend the night. There are jillions of places to camp free in the West. I have a full set of comforts and I'm in touch with world or out of touch with the world---as I choose. A million of us do this now and I predict a million more in 10 years.

Bill: You're right---I mis-spoke.Trash does bother me. What I meant to communicate was that places where shooting occurs do not trouble me. Many many good boondocking spots are also spots where people come to shoot.

DO you ever get tired of wandering about, Randy? It seems you are starting to have a well trodden territory in the southwest united states. Ever want to branch out east of the Mississippi or perhaps the northern climes?

As usual, thanks for great posts. They help me live vicariously through your experiences for a few minutes at a time, as I go about my more conventional life. A great gift.

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"BRAINGLOW" Is my goal! It glows when experience is flowing through me; when I am interested, challenged, on purpose. Slow travel and short visits have proved optimal for my purpose. I won my financial freedom 30 plus years ago by efficient living and house renovation. Now I wander and wonder---read, write, play, dance, sing, engage whoever interests me and regularly report via this blog. I urge my readers to consider a "heroes' journey" for their life---1. Respond to ones' fascinations 2. wake up ones' creativity 3. Share your adventure.
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